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Forever England

During my time in Shanghai whenever I missed Australia I'd look up at the new skyscrapers. These were all made with iron and steel from Australia. That is to say that they were a little bit of Australian soil that was dug out and brought over to China. I'd feel not so far away from home, and a little proud.

在上海时候，如果想念澳洲的话，我就看着那些新建的大楼。它们都是用澳洲进口的铁和钢铁而建成的。就是说移到中国的澳洲领土的一部分。看那些大楼时，我好像离家没有那么远，而有点自豪的感觉。

I'd be reminded of a line from a poem:

"...there's some corner of a foreign field/That is forever England".

我就会联想到一首诗:

"有一个国外的战场的一个角落／永远是英格兰"

I'm not saying that part of China belongs to anyone except China (we know that this is a sensitive topic). The poem is actually about a soldier that dies; he's saying that his body, if it doesn't return to England, will remain part of England.

我并不是说中国的任何部分不属于中国的［我们都知道这是个敏感话题］。其实这首诗是关于一个失去的士兵；他是说如果他的尸体不回英格兰，它会一直属于英格兰。

I also have to admit that Australia wasn't as generous as the soldier in the poem; we didn't sacrifice our precious iron ore or give it to China, but sold it at a fair price!

我也得承认，澳洲不是像诗中的士兵那么慷慨；我们并不是把我们珍贵的铁矿而牺牲的，也不是捐给中国的，而是由公平的价格出售的！

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